Why is Oxy such a big sponsor? They don’t sell anything…

Is it tax write off, for recruiting purposes, etc.?

I don’t understand – they don’t sell any gasoline/have a marketing arm. They don’t “sell anything”. Neither does Anadarko. Who are they marketing to? I could see if this were a BP/Shell/Exxon/etc. where they want to push people to their gas stations.

The only thing that would make sense to me is name recognition for recruiting purposes?